Just as college
tuition is rising and the buying power of grants continues to erode,
President Bush has frozen the maximum Pell Grant at $4,050 in his FY
2005 education budget. This is the 3rd year in a row that Bush has
frozen or cut the maximum Pell Grant. Despite Bush's protests that
restoring the buying power of the Pell Grant won't stop rising college
costs, he continues to ignore the tuition problem. Not only has he
failed to address rising college tuition, but his budget makes college
even more expensive by freezing or cutting student aid and taxing
students. While campaigning in 2000, President Bush, pledged to make
college more affordable and accessible by increasing the maximum Pell
Grant for college freshman to $5,100. Not only has President Bush
broken his promise to increase the maximum Pell award to $5,100, but
he's actually frozen or cut the maximum Pell grant for the past three
years. [more 
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